Scott Simon
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's ... meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Celebrated NPR personality and acclaimed author Scott Simon is an Emmy and Peabody Award winner. This astonishing novel is based on his experiences covering the siege of Sarajevo. Teenaged Irena and her parents are forced into hiding when Bosnian Serbs launch their war of ethnic cleansing against Muslims. But Tedic, a strong-willed Muslim man, convinces Irena to become a sniper and take up the defense of her home and people. A deadly chess game, Irena's...
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
c2017
Language
English
Description
"NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured--and now triumphant--franchise. No metaphor is necessary; the Chicago Cubs have been the living example of disappointment and failure for more than a century--until now. The Cubs' 2016 World Series win marked the...
Author
Publisher
Balance, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Fear is unpleasant: It can make us sick-mentally and physically. Most of us spend our lives trying to avoid the feeling, allowing our fears to dictate our choices and limit what we feel comfortable doing. Scott Simon has found an ingenious way to harness fear; through his organization Scare Your Soul he has developed an inspiring, accessible method: "fear-chasing." Courage is like a muscle-the more you exercise it, the stronger it will be. With writing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business, the best exponent of a song. He excites me when I watch him. . . . He moves me. He's the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more." - Frank Sinatra
"As breezy and meaningful as one of his trademark songs as readers learn about the man by the company he kept and the heroes he worships. Bennett's ethereal still lifes and landscape paintings adorn...
Publisher
HighBridge Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Nationally known NPR on-air personalities share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was particularly meaningful to them. These are thought-provoking and emotionally resonant interviews with both the famous and the nearly anonymous; real people who reveal themselves over the course of a conversation in...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Readings of excerpts from and critical analysis of Hammett's The Maltese falcon, a novel about greed, lust, and betrayal and the story of San Francisco detective Sam Spade and a case involving treasure housed in a falcon-shaped sculpture.
Author
Publisher
America's Test Kitchen
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Fun, flexible, unique holiday spreads, weeknight meal boards…even drinks and dessert options!
Take boards beyond cheese and crackers and show off your effortless entertaining style with conversation-starting spreads that are sure to impress but give you the flexibility to make or buy components.
Join food stylist, ATK cast member, and judge on the new Amazon Freevee competition show, ATK: The Next Generation Elle Simone...
Take boards beyond cheese and crackers and show off your effortless entertaining style with conversation-starting spreads that are sure to impress but give you the flexibility to make or buy components.
Join food stylist, ATK cast member, and judge on the new Amazon Freevee competition show, ATK: The Next Generation Elle Simone...
Publisher
America's Test Kitchen
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to entertaining there's nothing as crowd pleasing and visually impressive as a well thought out grazing board. So much more than just cheese and cured meat--these edible displays are an approachable and elegant way of presenting food. Show off your effortless entertaining style with showstopping conversation-starting spreads that are sure to impress your guests but give you the flexibility to make or buy components as you choose. Guests...